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>> us in the united states. >> bill: domestic. you've written about that. >> yes. >> bill: your latest -- posting here on salon april 10. the drones are coming to america really? >> yes. the drone phenomena is interesting. we want to talk about it in a couple of dimensions. one, i think drones will be used in terrorism targeting americans. this will be one consequence of our escalated drone war. it is something the obama administration i don't think is taking seriously enough. a second thing domestic law enforcement agencies are beginning to adopt this technology. >> bill: i was just going to ask that question. police departments. >> about ten police departments have applied to the faa for authorization to fly drones. what they're going to use them for is not clear yet. it's only one or two have drones in the air now but they have some very good uses and nobody would object to them. search and rescue, for example. you wouldn't have to call off a search and rescue mission because of the weather or because night fell. i don't think
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united states. that's not what she told john karl of abc news a year ago. >> mitt romney, can he beat obama? >> no, he can't beat obama because his policy is the basis of obama care. the signature issue president obama is obama care. you can't have a candidate who has given the blueprint for obama care. it is too identical. it's not going to happen. >> bill: not going to happen, you're right about that, michelle. we'll go to afghanistan here at the very top of the hour. nia maleka henderson from "the washington post" will be joining us in about 20 minutes from now. david shuster from current tv in as a friend of bill. but first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> bill, miami heat star chris bosh had a busy schedule over the last couple of days. see if you can follow me here. on wednesday, he into you to new york with his teammates for game three of the eastern conference first round series against the knicks. then he got word his wife was in labor so he hopped on a private jet, flew back to mia
united states. that's not what she told john karl of abc news a year ago. >> mitt romney, can he beat obama? >> no, he can't beat obama because his policy is the basis of obama care. the signature issue president obama is obama care. you can't have a candidate who has given the blueprint for obama care. it is too identical. it's not going to happen. >> bill: not going to happen, you're right about that, michelle. we'll go to afghanistan here at the very top of the hour. nia...
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or has he sautÉ sigh lum here in the united states? >> it's hard to say how this is going to play out. there is buzzing on the internet dissent is prohibited. people on their facebook pages are donning sunglasses the kind of sunglasses he wears, he is blind, to show solidarity with him. but so far, there has been nothing like demonstrations or petition drives or anything like that. this is a continuing story we will have to track it closely in the weeks ahead. >> on afghanistan, you and i were talking earlier and i told the viewers about my big surprise arriving at the whitehouse thinking the schedule published was the schedule of the president's events when he had left at midnight monday night for afghanistan. did you see this trip coming? >> absolutely not. in hindsight, it's lom cal. the an ves reof the date of the killing of bin laden in the country country where the attacks were staged to sign a strategic partnership with president karzai, it's all lodge cam. we should have seen it coming. no one saw it coming. this is perhaps the
or has he sautÉ sigh lum here in the united states? >> it's hard to say how this is going to play out. there is buzzing on the internet dissent is prohibited. people on their facebook pages are donning sunglasses the kind of sunglasses he wears, he is blind, to show solidarity with him. but so far, there has been nothing like demonstrations or petition drives or anything like that. this is a continuing story we will have to track it closely in the weeks ahead. >> on afghanistan,...
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they're willing to risk the full faith and credit of the united states meaning the united states of america will not pay the bills as they come due. it would be like us saying oh, we're not going to pay our mortgage. we're not going to pay our credit card bills but this is the united states of america. it would send a shock wave through the economy and the very fact that the speaker is talking about this again is going to create uncertainty and will hurt the economy. and so here you have the speaker of the house of representatives making a statement that will, in fact, hurt the economy when he was invited down to the white house to talk about ways to improve the economy, the president wanted to give them the to do list. there are many things that we should be doing in congress today that could help spur rate our job growth including taking up major pieceless of the president's jobs plan from last september and yet the day before that, the speaker of the house makes the statement which will, unfortunately, slow down the economy and create even greater uncertainty. >> bill: the speaker says -
they're willing to risk the full faith and credit of the united states meaning the united states of america will not pay the bills as they come due. it would be like us saying oh, we're not going to pay our mortgage. we're not going to pay our credit card bills but this is the united states of america. it would send a shock wave through the economy and the very fact that the speaker is talking about this again is going to create uncertainty and will hurt the economy. and so here you have the...
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he came to the united states as a child. he hasbi been living in singapore for the past three years. chuck schumer and bob casey intloutsz legislation yesterday to go affection pat tree on thes like savren who give up their citizenship to dodge taxes. representative edward markey is backing twitter on twitter after the site pledged today support do not track requests on the firefox browser. the tweet reads as follows. tech tri leader with support of do not track. other companies should follow and give to consumers the right to say no to info collection using do not track lets you block cookies from third party sites which could otherwise be used to put together a dossier on your activity online. the ftc is praising twitter and hoping other companies will follow suit. we will we will be back with more bill press after the break. you can join us online current.gov current.gov/bill press. we will be right back. we have a big, big hour and the i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at
he came to the united states as a child. he hasbi been living in singapore for the past three years. chuck schumer and bob casey intloutsz legislation yesterday to go affection pat tree on thes like savren who give up their citizenship to dodge taxes. representative edward markey is backing twitter on twitter after the site pledged today support do not track requests on the firefox browser. the tweet reads as follows. tech tri leader with support of do not track. other companies should follow...
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states -- up here at the united states capitol building down the street from our studio. then back to the white house and the president will be welcoming the major league soccer champions, the l.a. galaxy to the white house in the east room of the white house this afternoon. can't do it in the rose garden because it is raining. the president and vice president meet with tim geithner, treasury secretary at 3:30 followed by a meeting at 4:30 with secretary of defense leon panetta. he will be meeting with the combatant commanders at 5:30 in the oval office. and then -- actually in the cabinet room and then tonight he's hosting a dinner for the combatant commanders and their spouses in the blue room of the white house. busy day for the president. probably for you, too. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: hey, hello, everybody. and welcome to the "full court press" this tuesday morning may 15th. so good to see you today. thank you so much for joining us here as we tackle the big stories of the day. in this last hour together this morning, we'll take a look at
states -- up here at the united states capitol building down the street from our studio. then back to the white house and the president will be welcoming the major league soccer champions, the l.a. galaxy to the white house in the east room of the white house this afternoon. can't do it in the rose garden because it is raining. the president and vice president meet with tim geithner, treasury secretary at 3:30 followed by a meeting at 4:30 with secretary of defense leon panetta. he will be...
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i am going to do the same thing as president of the united states. he is the one that raises the issue. of course it's fair to talk about bain capital. it's important to talk about bain capital because it's important to point out, as the president does, that bain capital was not about creating job. it was about creating wealth profits for his investors and he did a good job at that. while doing that, he was destroying jobs, shutting down plants. the record is clear. he was exporting jobs. he was killing jobs. he was killing pensions. he is a job-killer not a job creator. and corey booker says it's not fair to talk about that? he is dead wrong. you know, corey booker a rising star, but, man, he is not ready for prime time. you know, it's just -- it just drives me crazy, these democrats who feel they want everybody to like them and they have to appeal to both sides. oh, this is nauseating. no, it's not. it's politics, dude. it's hardball. >> that's for corey booker. now then, marco rubio. he wants to be vice president so bad. i mean he's already been t
i am going to do the same thing as president of the united states. he is the one that raises the issue. of course it's fair to talk about bain capital. it's important to talk about bain capital because it's important to point out, as the president does, that bain capital was not about creating job. it was about creating wealth profits for his investors and he did a good job at that. while doing that, he was destroying jobs, shutting down plants. the record is clear. he was exporting jobs. he...
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of the united states decides. this is the hiett civilian award given by the united states government. the president decides the people who get that award. these are the people obama picked as his personal role models and our personal role models. they included the first woman who has ever secretary of state, madeline albright, the first person to circle the earth in orbit, john glen. they included the founder of the girl scouts john paul stevens, the third longest serving supreme court justice ever in history. john dor the man who went to the university of mississippi and stood in the doorway of the university of mississippi and accompanied the first black student to attend class's classes there. he went down from the justice department, a hero in the civil rights movement. president obama said yesterday he would not be where he is today without the efforts and the leadership and the courage of john door in those days. the people yesterday included pat summit who was the winningest, if i can coin that word, the wi
of the united states decides. this is the hiett civilian award given by the united states government. the president decides the people who get that award. these are the people obama picked as his personal role models and our personal role models. they included the first woman who has ever secretary of state, madeline albright, the first person to circle the earth in orbit, john glen. they included the founder of the girl scouts john paul stevens, the third longest serving supreme court justice...
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advertiser in the united states. they are a huge -- >> they are. >> you go to the shopping store and see all procter & gamble goods. they are a heavy-weight joining coca-cola and pepsi and, you know, the kfc, taco bell owners as people who dropped out of alec putting more pressure on that group to drop its right-wing agenda. they have been toiling at the edges here trying to reframe the things they do by suggesting that, we are not going to do these stand your ground laws any more. we are going to focus on economic issues, and i think that even despite that announcement by alec, these companies are still dropping them, which i think is a good sign, a credit to color of change and a variety of other progressive groups who have led the fight and raised awareness of how devastating an agenda alec has and how effective it has been in moving it. >> it also shows to me i am really impressed by the power of the social media. >> uh-huh. >> you don't need an act of congress any more. you don't need like a million people march
advertiser in the united states. they are a huge -- >> they are. >> you go to the shopping store and see all procter & gamble goods. they are a heavy-weight joining coca-cola and pepsi and, you know, the kfc, taco bell owners as people who dropped out of alec putting more pressure on that group to drop its right-wing agenda. they have been toiling at the edges here trying to reframe the things they do by suggesting that, we are not going to do these stand your ground laws any...
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>> i'm wearing a hickey freeman made here in the united states. there is a flag that says union of needlepoint and industrial textile employees. if anybody wants to know hey how do i know whether my suit is made in the united states, there is a flag inside. not on the outside like they wear at fox news and those silly pins but on the inside where it matters. donald trump doesn't care. he wants to make the most money possible. he's going to exploit labor practices. that's why he has the signature line of suits made in china. then he has the audacity to go on television and complain about president obama ought to be tougher on china. we need to support the american worker. donald trump could support the american worker by going away. [ laughter ] >> i'm in a mood today. >> bill: i know you are. >> i wonder why. >> bill: david shuster donald trump and fox news. hey, that's enough to make you reach for the phone at 1-866-55-press. the "full court press" will be right back. can you top this? >> announcer: on your radio and on current tv, this is the "b
>> i'm wearing a hickey freeman made here in the united states. there is a flag that says union of needlepoint and industrial textile employees. if anybody wants to know hey how do i know whether my suit is made in the united states, there is a flag inside. not on the outside like they wear at fox news and those silly pins but on the inside where it matters. donald trump doesn't care. he wants to make the most money possible. he's going to exploit labor practices. that's why he has the...
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this is pretty much a settled issue in the united states. i mean with catholics with really anyone, i think that's why, again, so many of us who do respect the catholic social justice tradition and are inspired aboutby it are puzzled about why the bishops want to double down on it. in the will be their key issue. we hear from bishops again and again that they are not partisan, that they are not picking sides during this election year. i think at the very least, they are giving the appearance that they are comfortable aligning themselves with right-wing eye delogs ideologues. 250 byrnes, there is diversity of thought. >> why don't we hear from the others? i haven't heard from one bishop frankly -- tell me if i am wrong. >> yeah. >> who would stand up and say, i disagree with what they are doing. >> interesting yesterday, bishop stephen blair, the bishop of stockton, california, who is also the head of the us conference bishops domestic justice committee came out with an interview in america a pretty influential catholic magazine. he did offer
this is pretty much a settled issue in the united states. i mean with catholics with really anyone, i think that's why, again, so many of us who do respect the catholic social justice tradition and are inspired aboutby it are puzzled about why the bishops want to double down on it. in the will be their key issue. we hear from bishops again and again that they are not partisan, that they are not picking sides during this election year. i think at the very least, they are giving the appearance...
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probably the worst defense secretary in the history of the united states. right? rummy, one of the chief architects of the war in iraq. and one of the chief architects of the war in afghanistan. so rummy he's on greta van van van susteren and he jumps on saying this is no big deal. here he is. >> you mentioned it was a tough decision. i don't think it was a tough decision. we've seen a lot of instances where presidents over the years have had to make decisions like that. i think after spending that amount of time that number of years and that much money we increase the special operations forces by about 50%. we increase their budget. we increase their equipment and finally, when all of that comes together to not make that decision it seemed to me would just be dumbfounding. i can't imagine any president not making that decision. >> bill: can you believe it? can you believe it? not a tough decision! i mean from everything we know about it, right? first of all i mean let's go back right? that george bush had abandoned the hunt so president obama gets in. and he real
probably the worst defense secretary in the history of the united states. right? rummy, one of the chief architects of the war in iraq. and one of the chief architects of the war in afghanistan. so rummy he's on greta van van van susteren and he jumps on saying this is no big deal. here he is. >> you mentioned it was a tough decision. i don't think it was a tough decision. we've seen a lot of instances where presidents over the years have had to make decisions like that. i think after...
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plus radioactive tuna makes its way to the united states. we'll talk about that and the food safety concerns as we continue dealing with the fallout of the nuclear breakdown in japan. plus mitt romney still courting donald trump. says he doesn't believe what -- care what you believe in, as long as you support him. he needs 15.1%. it is the "full court press." peter ogborn sitting in for bill along with roll call's julia steiner plus we'll be talking songs of the summer. but first with the current tv news update in los angeles here's jacki schechner. good morning jacki. >> good morning, peter. good morning, everyone. it is texas primary day which means today is the day that mitt romney will likely clinch the g.o.p. nomination for real. he will get to the 1144 mark by picking up the 58 delegates he needs to cross the threshold. there are a total of 152 up for grabs. mitt romney will spend the day in colorado and then las vegas where donald trump is holding a fund-raiser for him at the trump international hotel at 6:00 p.m. tonight. this is a d
plus radioactive tuna makes its way to the united states. we'll talk about that and the food safety concerns as we continue dealing with the fallout of the nuclear breakdown in japan. plus mitt romney still courting donald trump. says he doesn't believe what -- care what you believe in, as long as you support him. he needs 15.1%. it is the "full court press." peter ogborn sitting in for bill along with roll call's julia steiner plus we'll be talking songs of the summer. but first with...
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can you imagine this woman just ran for president of the united states. what was she thinking to become a swiss citizen? >> that's why politics is so great. you have these kind of stories come out of nowhere and you're like what? >> bill: everybody said what were you doing? she said that was dumb, wasn't it? one day later, she is a swiss citizen. >> what is actually weirder is that we just got the story that herman cain is now an official of citizen of ubequi for one day. >> if there's one thing the democrats are ready for ahead of this summer's convention in charlotte, it is north carolina barbecue. the hill reporting this morning that the convention host committee has settled on official barbecue sauces for the convention after testing 30 different entries. >> bill: oh, my god. >> in three categories were chosen for the best mustard vinegar and tomato-based sauces. they all come from local carolina. >> hang on. i have to take a stand here as a native south carolinian. if they serve mustard-based barbecue sauce in north carolina, i will boycott! that is
can you imagine this woman just ran for president of the united states. what was she thinking to become a swiss citizen? >> that's why politics is so great. you have these kind of stories come out of nowhere and you're like what? >> bill: everybody said what were you doing? she said that was dumb, wasn't it? one day later, she is a swiss citizen. >> what is actually weirder is that we just got the story that herman cain is now an official of citizen of ubequi for one day....
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they have lived in the united states almost their entire lives. if you serve in the military or get a college degree we will give you a path to united states citizenship. i don't understand why this is controversial. they are going to serve their country and become productive members of society. why say they are going to veto it is really beyond me. >> mitt romney on the arizona igration law too, has been very supportive. hasn't he? >> you need to take it from russell pierce who was the who sponsored that bill or chris trobach who will authored that bill. pierce said that romney's policies are identical. tobach who the is tied to anti- anti-immigrant hate groups: ol martin luther king day. during the primary romney was sending a messages loud and clear and i understand why he may witch he had not' sent that message now that he is in the general election. you don't get to take it back. you know, dispute what romney may think, your path isn't on an etch-a-sketch. he can't shake them away. >> that's true about every issue. i think what the r and c re
they have lived in the united states almost their entire lives. if you serve in the military or get a college degree we will give you a path to united states citizenship. i don't understand why this is controversial. they are going to serve their country and become productive members of society. why say they are going to veto it is really beyond me. >> mitt romney on the arizona igration law too, has been very supportive. hasn't he? >> you need to take it from russell pierce who was...